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scins to be failure here, LG,iEs all
H~~vei III the trur1
During th' wc; w.. ho, last week
o largo -ur.tsr o. cOOaac aru tomato
plant" vtte set yut IA thI ,,a.G,E,
hsrs, H.a o.. ,uo o,GsJu IS iayyIUD'e
we tiav sSpect a iIii suPp,S %, rao
Uaee rni tomatoes
Gnrk ~ large qaautiti-s - hruurut
10 Eesslel's tannery snd stored away
Tor future use.
Quarterly conforoucs was n'l"
here, Saturday. 6c- |. n. Pines -
livered two SOFT stirring a3r'npns 0r@
sunday morning admIn'7'"r"i tn.
Lords Suprey 20 fity-three persons
of che ~. con GrcGstion.
The C.njreville Band furnished
music Tor festival al Lsurelto" Sa'
urday evening.
J NJ. Miller rud vile SunI,yoi IA
i.aurnl,Nu
iu town rocenly Hear harr ami
,J e rp'jur Benvertowa Js,5b
Iowver and wife Kreamo-. :. T.
Nnc0ry Jewishnrg, q " Young
Harry otrtub .ld. wife VieEerarS. g..
l. 'nl'n i"nr,lton. r b Rover
n''di"burr, q Heiser Krdtyet,,Ilc.
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PENNSYLVANIA RkiLsoiD.

au1SuaY 4 LEwsTcw. DIV.
IT,. Table, 10 offsot Nov. IL, 1885.
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McCLuRE.--On Saturday, May sS,
a pitched battle took place between
two females Ia this town iu which
some scientific smuggling was indhlgsd
iU
several more nsw houses SCe.des
thoso mentioned in our last are to 60
up this summer.
The members OF the Evangelical
church are having the church re~
painted and the foundation repaired.
DR.. ID. Il. Rothrock oi New nerliu
was here recently to see his mother
who has been very seriously III for =
month but Is now better. The doctor
had bis better hnlf With him.
There are ,evprai cases OF pncumo
mia in this vicinity but all are lnrrev-
ing.
Memorial Day was observed Ia u
becomiu. maUuur. The GRAND Army,
assI tied by tho suns Of Veterans aud
Sunday Schools dec'lod thl graves u
cur comrades with flowers aud held
appropriate sorviacs The Sons OF
veterans are growing Ia strength uul
usei"'nas-.
This year crr . a Post sNiortcd
its memorial orators out OF it, Owp
ranhs, and we aro happy to say, they
oil did well ituink thi' is thc right
way. Mono put ,oHra .'4s III ugus cn'.
hav" doe 4,prttHy 'pr ;he dead wh
wan; shoulder t. cHou,der NJ dc!e1,e
NJ their corutiy. and II tends te
Str"ugta"u the chain 81 tficul-hip
that tlud. them tosethet hs,c. let
tho cNsmplc la ,rllowed hereafter
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49, 's .'rya ri'pr tot tthca:-ouraot ,ior
o'''. ufj'.r...'f rr.Nr jtf'.in "r.lu.Hi.. t'st
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.eo, r'.cu' h.ah.,Dg e~a t7ol i.G sb.sts
'rrnis hsi Cheap.
'rLy.s u,t h.rih, rist li. taNIa sro trsycrt.
iu'iy itv'ted T.. AT. .rj ttsr wiz rot 70 DEU-
dlp.qush-d Room to- d,oTs " 4 OF Tic
T"Eri Rouse, Midd,shu.rh. 70
GhrsftI. ENLFAE,
uea : IsN2 pINrrtetor.
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,. Courrv Covars.-rhs Courts OF
r.rntv are held on the fourth Mondays
Yssry. nsy, and SsPtsnbsf, and second
~ Of Sscembsr.
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rrsIn. Leave Lswistown Junction
au.sn, sei, an, ~ all o.. p m, .s.2s' H.
a "a m for Pittsburg aad the West.
Isl a N, - n, 1917 u, ST n,
I, IL , ., Fer Philadelphia, New York, ssiu'
1srs aud Washington.
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tC.nuee,ins with .rvinsos No byl
s.,,,sgrovs Arrive at Salinsgts '
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Ggtius s%iosanG .ciHuants
nDi al the above arc per
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finish. Me wish 10 clean
thom out-~a!; arc !nMhot
bargains AID prices .ag:" %
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All our regular stoc'l Il
FURNITURE d. OAR
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bargains. Goods packed md
ircight paid 10 any point on
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Tho popular furniaGre and
Carpot Man, Lowistavn.
~ Undertaking a ppecialty.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-03

force the people of that city to use city
water.works, gas, street cars, ETC., when
they prefer the private companies that
already exist?
Will land be free to those who would
like to work it individually?
The answers to these questions will
place "a. D." in dilemma. II he will
allow local capital in private hands where
it is so desired he does not abolish pri-
vate capital; as he so emphatically de.
sires to do; but if he forbids private cap
ital, what becomes of Municipal self
government" which is but an exercise
of freedom? Shall localities be slaves of
the State executive? "a. D." forGets
that because system is good, is no reas-
on for compelling people to adopt it.
believe in the second method. 1t will
compel private owners to abandon their
profit system, but will not forbid their
attempt to continue it. | have no fear
that Socialism will fail in a fair trial; it
is entirely unnecessary to abolish private
capital.
Classifying fictitious values with real
is another source of confusion. The val
ue of a land title or of any tract of land
is fictitious. To abolish all land titles
would destroy all land values, but it
would destroy nothing of real value,
therefore land has no value. A title to
land is franchise or a privilege, which
confers power to take possession of what
the land yields. 1t is valuable to the
holder, but to no one else. A franchise
that gives the right to use a street for
passenger traffic is valuable to the holder
but is not really value; for if we with
draw the franchise and destroy it, the
total of real wealth is not diminished,
hence franchise is not wealth. ZENo.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-03
A YANKEE TRIBUTE.

The men died like heroes-yes,
like martyrs to cause deemed holy,
with words of triumph and enthusi-
asm on their lips. There was not a
tlnge of bitterness or hatred about
anything they said or did. They
were said to all be agnostics, but they
died as Christians might die, with
no fear of death and with no aspira-
tions in their hearts but that their
lives and deaths might have been of
some benefit to humanity. That
they were sincere and honest men,
whatever mistakes they may have
made in theory or in action, there
can be no doubt, and nothing but
words of kindness and respect should
be uttered over their newly-made
graves. whatever one holds of the
justice of their fate. Every one of
the seven was man personally
worthy Of honor and respect. They
were no loafers and bummers, such
as our people are apt to associate with
the name of anarchist. They were
industrious, intelligent workingmen,
with loving families and well-fur.
nished, virtuous and happy homes.
None of them ever made cent out
of the agitation, or ever hoped to.
They made every sacrifice, and final
ly gave their lives for cause in which
they believed with every fibre O!
their beings. This much is due
these poor maligned men, even from
the standpoint of those who believe
they were justly and properly execu.
ted. We believe that they were con.
victed without being proved guilty
of any crime, and hanged without
due process of law, and we have seen
no attempt to refute our reasons for
so believing. -Rochland (M.) Opin.
ion.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-03
A BROTHERS. LETTER.

The evening previous to the execution
of the anarchists, A. R. Parsons received
the following letter from his brother,
Gen. w. H. Parsons, who was Briga-
der General in the Confederate army:
MY BRoTHER-Another Gethsemane
tonight. More than legion Of angels,
and your brother with plying eyes sur
vey the spectacle of mans inhumanity
to man. Millions of hearts in Europe
and America are now thrilling with SYM
patty for the men who are to die for
humanity. l am proud of your sublim
ity, your fortitude, and your hereditary
heroism. Your brother,
w. II. PARSONS.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-03
To the Workmen's Adrocate:


While all Socialists agree that pro-
ducers should use public capital instead
of private capital, there are two theories
regarding the methods of placing the
necessary capital at the disposal of pro-
ducers, thus to free them from their de-
pendence upon private capitalists. |
think Socialists generally have not re-
Elected upon these two plans. Here they
are:
1. The State shall declare all private
capital abolished, and forbid its use.
2. The State shall gradually acquire
more and more public capital, leaving to
localities the option of placing local in
situations under public control.
Your correspondent, "A. d." some
weeks ago advocated the first plan.
wish to ask him few questions:
Suppose Socialists are placed in power
in certrin State by majority vote,
will the executive of that State give no.
tice to all owners of capital that they
must cease hiring workmen?
Suppose a city within that State votes
solidly against Socialism, shall the State
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-03
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
THE MERRITT CONSPIRACY BILL.

THE MERRITT CONSPIRACY BILL.
Oh, the irony of fate Two of the
men who were executed on the
eleventh were good union printers;
but the Typographical Union was
among the few labor organizations
that refused to make an appeal in
behalf of the men sentenced. The
conviction and execution of Parsons
and Fischer and their comrades made
a bulwark around the Infamous Mer-
rift conspiracy bill. Two of the
striking union printers were arrested
on Tuesday and will be prosecuted
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-03
NO POSTAGE STAMPS WANTED.
NEW HAVEN, DECEMBER ), 1887.
THE GENERAL VOTE.

The general vote upon the resolu-
tons and transactions of the Sixth
Congress of the Socialistlc Labor
Party was closed on the 25th ult.,
and the result as announced by the
National Executive Committee is
that the action of the Congress has
been endorsed in every particular by
large majority.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-03
SHEEP WITHOUT SHEPHERD.
BY SPERANZA.

Poor trembling, shivering crowd!
Through storm and mist
Treading the dreary highway of the
world,
While tempests rage and bleak winds
Stay like death;
What hand has shorn you of the sacred
fleece
God gave you as your right, and left you
bare
To the wild driving of the pitiless rain?
On, on, forever on, the mournful march
Of toiling, suffering, working, dying
Naked, while weaving royal robes for
kings;
Houseless, while building gorgeous pal
aces;
Starved, while they fill the granaries of
others;
Oh, patient people, We who nourish all,
Where is your recompense? Robbed,
scorned, despoiled-
Men of the honor due to honest toll
Women of holy JOY in motherhood
Maidens of all that makes life beautiful
From God or man have you no higher
Than ceaseless toll, and want for ever
more?
See how your masters revel in their
wealth.
And grind your lives down for their lux
uries;
Body and soul and brain-the rich want
ALL
And no man pleads for you. Chiefs,
Leaders, Priests
Can they not shield you from the greed
of those
Who take the wool and then will take
the flesh?
Oh, haggard crowd Wild, wasted,
wandering flock,
So helpless meath the blows that drive
you on,
While every word held sacred on our
lips,
Truth, Justice, Right, and manlike dig
nifty
Is trampled in the dust along with you,
Is there no help for this eternal war
| That fate and laws and social usages,
Still wage against the poor? God know
eth best
Yet why should trouble beat them to
the earth
And hungry want bite through them
like serpent?
Why must the shadow fall upon their
lives
So darkly hat it blots out all the sun?
Still no help comes. The doom remains
| unified,
And patiently through sorrow, toll, and
tears,
The poor must bear the bitter yoke of
want
Until the rending of the thunder-cloud
Flashes the light of Freedom on the
world,
And the dread vengeance of the Lord
comes down
On those who left them naked to the
blast.
Pass on, o pallid crowd. Soon not a
trace
Of all who toiled and suffered will re-
main
Amid the work their hands and brain
have builded.
Pass on to nameless graves, unwept, un-
pitied-
innumerable hosts of weary men
Lost In the darkness of eternal night,
London Commonueal,
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-03

II there is not, we may as well
be prepared to see the speedy down.
fall of our Republic, for freedom and
morality cannot thrive among peo-
pie part tyrants, part slaves.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-03

A New York paper in referring to
the defeat Of Henry George in that
city says:
ENTHUSIASTICALLY the meaning of it is
that the great body of the American
people, true to their instructive common
sense, are not yet prepared to encourage
the creation of a prolctarian party"
1t entirely unnecessary to create a
proletarian party, it is already Gre
ated whether it vote as a body or not.
The American people so far lacking
in common sense permitted the Gre
alton of that proletarian party. Per-
mitted its creation by class legisla-
ton. A large section of that party
is SO distinctively and degradedly
proletarian that they are not only
without property but so demoralized
by poverty that they are without
principle and sell their votes for a
few drinks, just as unprincipled as
the rich men and politicians who
purchase their suffrage. There
should be no such party in this re-
public and it is disgrace to the So
called craftsmanship Of the country
that this party is creation of gov
ernmental policy and practices. 1t
is the aspiration of reformers to elm
mate that party from our midst.
To that end they are working and
they do not propose to cease their
efforts until crowned with success. -
South Vest.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-03
NOT ES.

The folly of making 'fncendiary"
speeches in the face of cowardly
plutocracy ought to be apparent to
the readers of newspapers. But it
does not by any means follow that
rebellion and insurrection are killed
by stopping the vent. Look at
Russia
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-03
A NATIONAL FAIR.
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
I he SOcialistic Labor Party and the
United German Trades
uNDKR THE AUSPICES OF

NHlttu ueIWhH lIuuVS'a
The New Year will be ushered in
by most remarkable event which
may mark new era IN the radical
labor movement, namely, National
Fair, to be held in New York De-
oember 81, and January and ,.
The national character of the Fair,
10th in its inception and object, will
make it grand event. Socialist
Sections and Trades Unions in many
cities will contribute material for
the Fair, and its success financially
will contribute to the welfare of its
promoters and constituents, for the
object is to establish printing office
on an advanced cooperative plan,
which will enable the organizations
to have their printing done by their
own comrades without paying tribute
0 innumerable bosses as at present.
With this printery established, the
means Of agitation of sound labor
principles will be greatly enhanced.
This alone is worthy a great effort.
Therefore, first, we call upon the
members of the Socialistic Labor
Party and United Trades to exert
themselves in their respective locali-
ties to sell tickets and send presents
for the Fair.
Second, The wives and families of
the members are appealed to, and
Third, All friends of our cause are
invited to join in making the Fair
success.
The tickets, costing ten cents each,
will be numbered, and each ticket
will be liable to win for its holder
some valuable article. Thus Sec
tons and members in all parts of the
country may participate in the Fair
by having the tickets well dlstrib-
uted.
Contributions may be sent direct
to Secretary W. l.. Rosenberg, l12
First avenue, New York.
Y Now, let US all take a hand in the
project and make it a grand success
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-03

Iotoiy Eoou many iouiSoio,
socialists" anarchists, and 10Th
er agitators," seem to be travelling
through the country, and, peculiar
as it may seem to be, in fiocks of two,
three, or more. Moreover, while
ordinarily they would take their own
time to find their kindred in a new
place, it would seem they neglect
even to find boarding place rather
than not know all about the. "move-
ment" and the "movers." Erg0,
when such friends call on you, they
cannot tell where you might find
them and investigate. OF course,
they have been members of some Of
the known organizations, are toler-
ably well acquainted with events and
men of notoriety, speak generally on
"principles," and never fail to de-
nounce Pinkerton detectives, and,
last but not least, are positive that
the anarchists death will be avenged
on those who were directly instru-
mental in bringing about that TRACE
dy. TO take hand in such veng-
eance is their ardent desire, provided
only the partygthey..,address them
selves to is willing to approve of it
and take some of the consequent re-
sponsibility.
That is the first and last you hear
of. them. They have, however, sue
cessors in office, who do not fail to
take up the fathom where their pre-
decessors dropped.it
These men are DETECTIVES, -
agents of acme sort Of "a conspiracy
whose definite object and extent are
as yet undisclosed. 1t seems reason
able, from such facts as have been
ascertained, to infer that the extent
of this conspiracy is rotj limited te
the boundaries of our country, but
is encouraged, allotted and advised
by European despotical governments.
riz., Germany, Austria, Italy and
Russia, the thrones of which, in
Guiding England, are resting on vol
canoes whose slumber will be inter
rupted by, violent emotions. Th'
object of this conspiracy is to be de
lineated by the means used to carr,
it into effect: to bring advocates Of
the emancipation OF labor into seem
ing conflicts with the criminal law
of the land, and thus to behead tn,
giant body of men longing for jus
tice, peace, and the harmony o
equality as opposed to that of thu
weaker dog submissively trembling
at sight of the cleaning teeth of hi
stronger brother.
That the guarantees of free speed
and free press have to be undone
not only practically (Which has beer
ACCOMPLISHED butalso theoretically
need hardly be said. Their theoret
ical existence tempts workmen t.
utilize them, thus engenderin,
trouble and sufferings, which CAPT
talists in their kind regard fer tn
peoples welfare wish to remove as al
obstacle in its way.
One factor the conspirators hav
to count with is public sentiment
But even here the scheme is perfect
While making new a'quaintances
the ambulatory committee of tn
conspirators leave their traces behin
them, in secretly depositing wha
purports to be dynamite bombs, i
such numbers and at such places a
will serve their purposes, which art
| d. That the bombs can be found
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-03
AMERICAN INTOLERANCE.

the habit of expecting all kinds OF
expressions to occur in Europe, and
the American press has been quite
loud in denunciaton of tyranny
across the sea. Yet there is hardly
a monarchical government in Europe
that would dare perpetrate such gross
indignities upon it's subjects as our
States have recently been guilty of
with regard to citizens, native and
adopted. Even Canada is practicing
sympathetic tyranny, adopting the
evil example Of the free" United
States.
So we have seen, within week,
the persecution of a religious sect
calling themselves the Salvation
Army, in Quebec. The Police Board
have notified the Salyationists that
they cannot protect them, and ad-
vised them not to parade. If it had
been some capitalist society or some
rich congregation that wished to
parade, is there any doubt but that
the army would be ordered out to
protect them if necessary? In vari-
Gus cities in the United States these
religious fanatics have been arrested
by the police, yet we hear no protest
from the general run of American
newspapers. The fashionable church
people are opposed to the Salvation
Army because they are apt to keep
some people away from the churches;
and that means that the contribution
box will have to suffer. And there
is the reason for clerical opposition.
just as much us we condemn the
interference with the rights of these
fanatics, do we also condemn the in
reference with the rights Of any cit
izen or body of citizens. Because
we differ from them in opinion, it is
no reason why we should object to
their exercising the right of free
speech. ia people are so weak that
they are afraid Of the utterances of a
few individuals it is time that Pro-
lessor William G. Summers gospe
of the survival of the fttest be put
in practice. We mean, Of course
the fittest m0h-not the strongest
brute. The resort to brute force by
t the government will, if persisted in
y and if successful, bring about tn,
r survival Of the brutes. Meanwhile
y the appeal to force on thepart of thu
capitalists will have a tendency t.
cause similar appellation on thu
part of the oppressed.
g The intolerance of the ruling elias
h, in the matter of free speech is al
g evidence of cowardice and weakness
That such intolerance should exis
in America is an evidence of the de
cline of public morality. If thu
' capitalists know their position to b.
e impregnable in point of reason ant
r justice, why are they afraid of TIT
assaults of the few who dare con
denim them?
The recent condemnation and ex
ecution of their critics in Chicag,
r by the bourgeoisie;' the finding of thu
t jury in Most's case few days since
both accomplished by the aid of self
3 convicted perjurers, should LAX,
Americans blush for very shame.
We have as little reason to sympa
thize with the Salvation Army Al
with Most. The latter has been de-
g nounced by our German Comrade
as an enemy of the Socialist move
ment. The German Socialist parlia
mentarian, Liebknecht, gave IL
every reason to detest him, while W,
can only pity the ignorant Salvation
i. | -. L L II ~
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-03
under this bill. Oh, the irony Of
fate. Chicago Labor Enquirer.

Editor William O'Brien may thank
his stars that he is in Ireland under
the "Crimes Act" for violating
which he gets three months. If he
was in Illinois his sentence would
have been death, for he would have
been, under the law of that State, re-
sponsible for every murder commit
ted by the moonlighters. Manga
tuck Agitator.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-03

"The majesty of the law has been vim
dictated and four men have been legally
strangled as a warning to those who
would throttle the law"
Thus doth the organ of Powderly's
"Knights" exult over the murder of
men 80 infinitely superior to the
pulling sycophant as to preclude
comparison.
Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-12-03
COMMUNICATIONS.

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boil down" your letters; make them short;
Write only on one side of the paper. Be as good
natured as you can under the circum stances
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